Nice portrait and to be fair, luminosity masks are possibly more suited to landscapes but it is a tool that you can use.

It will all be in the Pat David blogs somewhere but on a basic level (the one I use) Too many screenshots to put in line and dialogues detached for clarity.

1. The masks in the channels dialogue can be used to make a selection. Just the same as you make a selection and save it to a channel for future use. http://i.imgur.com/n4Lg4yK.jpg
Just remember after you use the channel dialogue, go back and enable a layer, otherwise you will be editing the channel

Then all sorts of ways. Edit the layer mask or edit the layer under using any applicable tool. This one adjusting levels on the base layer. http://i.imgur.com/AiUAAYy.jpg Edit: sloppy on my part, I should be adjusting the layer mask layer.

Since you have g'mic it is worth looking at the (interactive) color curves in the menu colors -> curves. That gives a choice of various color modes, this example using HSL curves. http://i.imgur.com/63tgIYB.jpg

(04-30-2017, 08:23 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Nice portrait and to be fair, luminosity masks are possibly more suited to landscapes but it is a tool that you can use.

It will all be in the Pat David blogs somewhere but on a basic level (the one I use) Too many screenshots to put in line and dialogues detached for clarity.

1. The masks in the channels dialogue can be used to make a selection. Just the same as you make a selection and save it to a channel for future use. http://i.imgur.com/n4Lg4yK.jpg
Just remember after you use the channel dialogue, go back and enable a layer, otherwise you will be editing the channel

Then all sorts of ways. Edit the layer mask or edit the layer under using any applicable tool. This one adjusting levels on the base layer. http://i.imgur.com/AiUAAYy.jpg Edit: sloppy on my part, I should be adjusting the layer mask layer.

Since you have g'mic it is worth looking at the (interactive) color curves in the menu colors -> curves. That gives a choice of various color modes, this example using HSL curves. http://i.imgur.com/63tgIYB.jpg

@rich2005:Ok and thanks again. My mission now (and I have chosen to accept it) is to learn how to use layer (luminosity) masks effectively.